2 John 1:11

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Don't accept those who come to you but do not bring this teaching. Don't invite them into your house. Don't welcome them in any way. ¹⁰ If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting; ¹⁰ Yf ther come eny vnto you and bringe not this learninge him receave not to housse: nether bid him God spede. ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him, ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; ¹⁰ If someone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not welcome or accept that person into your house. ¹⁰ If any one comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into [your] house, and give him no greeting: ¹⁰ If any one cometh to you, and bringeth not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither wish him happiness: ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him, ¹⁰ he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If any come to you, and bring not this doctrine,

Bible Verse Review
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partaker: Psalms 50:18, Ephesians 5:11, 1 Timothy 5:22, Revelation 18:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:40 - take away Leviticus 19:17 - and not suffer sin upon him Numbers 5:3 - without Judges 17:2 - Blessed Ruth 2:4 - The Lord 1 Samuel 15:26 - I will not 1 Kings 13:9 - Eat no bread 1 Kings 22:4 - I am as thou 2 Chronicles 18:3 - I am as thou 2 Chronicles 19:2 - Shouldest Ezra 9:12 - nor seek their peace Matthew 18:17 - let Acts 15:40 - being Romans 16:17 - and 2 Corinthians 11:29 - and I burn 2 John 1:10 - come

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened.

Genesis 1:9
God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:9
God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.

Genesis 1:9
Forsothe God seide, The watris, that ben vndur heuene, be gaderid in to o place, and a drie place appere; and it was doon so.

Genesis 1:9
And God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear." And it was so.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he that biddeth him God speed,.... Wishes him well, and success in his ministry, or in a friendly and familiar way converses with him:

is partaker of his evil deeds; he has fellowship with him, instead of reproving or shunning him, as he ought; he is an abettor of him in his principles, and so far joins in the propagation of them, and helps to spread them, and gives too much reason to think he is one with him in them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds - Shows that he countenances and approves of the doctrine which is taught. Compare the notes at 1 Timothy 5:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 John 1:11. Is partaker of his evil deeds. — He that acts towards him as if he considered him a Christian brother, and sound in the faith, puts it in his power to deceive others, by thus apparently accrediting his ministry. No sound Christian should countenance any man as a Gospel minister, who holds and preaches erroneous doctrines; especially concerning the Lord Jesus. Nor can any Christian attend the ministry of such teachers without being criminal in the sight of God. He who attends their ministry is, in effect, bidding them God speed; no matter whether such belong to an established Church, or to any congregation of dissenters from it. But what St. John says here does not mean that we should deny such the common offices of humanity, charity, and mercy. No. In these offices we are equally bound to all men; far less does it intimate that we should persecute such on account of their heretical or heterodox sentiments. No. This right has God given to no man, to no Church, to no state. They who persecute others, even for the worst heretical opinions, may expect the heaviest judgments of Almighty God.

There is a remarkable addition here in several MSS. Of the Vulgate, and in some printed editions. Ecce praedixi vobis, ut in diem Domini nostri Jesu Christi non confundamini. "Behold, I have foretold this to you, that ye may not be confounded in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."

This addition is found in the edition of Pope Sixtus the Fifth, and in the Complutensian Polyglot; but it is not acknowledged by any of the versions, nor by any Greek MSS.